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Quando ullum invenient parem? / drawn by R. K. Porter ; engraved by T. Nugent.

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Thomas Nugent
active 18th centuryury

Quando ullum invenient parem? / drawn by R. K. Porter ; engraved by T. Nugent.

Published

London : Published March 1st 1798, by T Nugent, No 101, Pall Mall", [1798]

stipple engraving
image: 226 x 207 mm; plate mark: 332 x 255 mm; sheet: 352 x 272 mm
Peel 3204
Notes
Captioned in Latin: Quando ullum invenient parem? / Hor. Lib. 1st Ode 24th.
Provenance

Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.

Summary

Bust of Edmund Burke, directed to the left, on top of a sarcophagus, two women mourning, both whole length, one on the right, standing, her face hidden on her hands; the other on the left, seated and looking down, her face leaning on her right hand, her left hand holding a torch that she is putting out by pressing it on the floor, the smoke filling the background of the scene.

Associated names
Porter, Robert Ker, Sir, 1777-1842, artist.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner. .
Classification
Department
Century prints